詞彙精選：overhear的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

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偶然聽到，無意中聽到；偷聽到 [I,T]

例句：

What makes a cell phone conversation that you overhear so distracting?

是什麼令無意聽到的電話交談讓我們分心？

例句：

I overhear him saying he is going to Japan.

我無意中聽到他要去日本。

二、詞義辨析：

hear,listen,overhear

這些動詞均含“聽”之意。hear及物動詞，指聲音進入耳內，但不含有注意的意味，即，只要聽覺正常，聲音進入耳內，就能聽見。但在祈使句中，hear可指有意識的行爲。listen及物動詞，指有意識地傾聽，強調行爲的過程。overhear指偶然聽到，無意中聽到，也指偷聽。

三、參考例句：

I happened to overhear what he said.

我碰巧聽到他說的話。

I overhear him saying he is going to Japan.

我無意中聽到他要去日本。

I overhear him saying he is going to Japan.

我無意中聽到他要去日本。

As she spoke rather loudly we could not help but overhear what she said.

因爲她拉開嗓門說話，所以我們不免聽到她的話。

What makes a cell phone conversation that you overhear so distracting?

是什麼令無意聽到的電話交談讓我們分心？

And when you overhear someone having a private conversation in the language you've learnt, you'll secretly smile because you know.

當你不小心聽到有人用你學過的外語進行私人談話時，你會偷着樂，因爲你知道他們說了些什麼。